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FLIER FOR PRINTING-MACHINES.

SPECEPZCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,608, dated Ju1y7, 1885.

Application filed June 525, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, Lnwrs W. HYDE, a resident of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings and State of New York, and ALBERT H. SEAMAN, a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fliers for Printing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention consists in the combination of friction-rollers with the flier of a printingpress in such manner that they will form a part thereof and swing therewith, their axes arranged transversely to the bars or fingers of the flier and their roll lengthwise thereto, so that the sheet of paper, in taking to the flier, will glide over the rollers and not touch the bars or fingers of the flier, as hereinafter set forth.

The object of our invention is to prevent smutting of the sheet as it passes over the flier, and to prevent its sticking to the flier when being thrown; also, to prevent its ruffling up in its passage over the surface of the flier and leaving it before it is laid on the table; also to facilitate its easy passage over the flier, thus dispensing with tapes, which are always in the way when alterations are being made, and are liable to get out of order at all times.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a face view or elevation of the flier, showing our frictionrollers attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same with portions of the machine to which it is attached. Fig. 3 is a section of the flier with rollers. Fig. 4 is a side view of flier with portion of machine. .This shows the device applied to a machine wherein the flier,when receiving,is almost horizontal, and

this view illustrates an other manner of attaching rollers to the flier, the rollers being inserted into slots through the bar, instead of between two bars. This is shown as a modifloat-ion or equivalent. Fig. 5 is a side view of the same. Fig. 6 is a face view of the same.

A represents the parts of a printing-press frame. Our invention is applicable to the fliers of all printing-presses having fliers, and the friction-rollers we attach as shown on the drawings, but do not confine ourselves strictly to the means shown.

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B is the cylinder which delivers the sheet, after printing, to the flier. O is the flier.

D represents the rollers in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 placed between the bars of the flier sustained by wires or rods E, extending from a bar, F, attached to the back of the flier. The wires or rods are forked at the ends to receive the rollers, the axis being transverse thereto and received each side by the rods, It has not been deemed best to show the forked ends in Fig. 1, owing to the liability of confusion of lines in such small scale. In Figs. 4, 5, and G the rollers are placed in slots cut through the bars, plates G being placed against the sides of the bar, screwed thereto, providing journals for the roller-axis to run in. In either case the roll of the rollers is lengthwise the bars and the axles transverse thereto.

At I the rods are attached to the crossbars by thumb-screws and sleeve, rendering them adjustable atthat point. At J they are rendered adjustable by sleeve and thumbscrews also.

The rollers D are preferably faced with rubber or other analogous material to increase friction; but they may be used without, or they may have their surface roughened for the purpose, and there may be any number of rollers, according to the size of the sheet and press.

The adjustable feature renders it easy to move them over the rod, and thereby bring them closer together, or otherwise,whenever requisite.

hat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A flier, O, for printing-presses, consisting of a series of fingers framed together and provided with set of friction-rollers D, arranged therein with their axes transverse to the fingers, and to roll in a lengthwise direction with respect to the same, substantially as shown and described.

LEWIS IV. HYDE. A. H. SEAMAN.

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